"But to sell Flush was unthinkable. He was of the rare order of objects that cannot be associated with money." (Chapter 1, p. 14).

"Between them, flush felt more and more strongly, as the weeks wore on, was a bond, an uncomfortable yet thrilling tightness; so that if his pleasure was her pain, then his pleasure was pleasure no longer but three parts pain" (Chapter 2, p. 35).